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The river, which runs through the city of Langford, British Columbia, turned a fluorescent green on Dec. 30, when a passer-by captured stunning video of the verdant waterway.
At first it wasn't clear what caused the river -- and the water in a nearby fountain -- to change color. But investigators now believe that the green hue was caused by the addition of fluorescein, a synthetic organic compound that is often used as a dye, or a "fluorescent tracer," in the testing of water systems.

The Times of Malta reports that billboards advertising the Pope’s visit to the Mediterranean nation were defaced with “images of what looks like a panda. It is not clear why the ‘artist’ in question juxtaposed the bears with the Pope.” Can Pedobear be the Vatican’s new mascot?